For those of us that buy or sell anything online and don't want to be
audited by 50 states plus, please take notice to the new internet sales tax
that is going through fast right now!! Spread the word, call your congressman, this will put all small vendors out of business most likely, don't let it happen guys!!

DF96

24th April 2013 02:43 PM

No internet sales tax!

Also
- no garbage collection from internet sales companies
- no police help when internet sales companies get burgled or defrauded or their staff mugged on the way to work
- no street lighting or tarmac on streets where internet sales companies are
- no government help to encourage good IP rights overseas, as internet sales companies don't believe in IP anyway
etc. etc.

I am not making a political point, but an economic one.

SY

24th April 2013 02:56 PM

You're possibly unfamiliar with the American tax system. There are currently over 10,000 different sales tax jurisdictions, each with different regulations (which are often product specific, that is, different rates for different types of products) and each with different places where the tax must be paid. Many have restrictive licensing requirements for retail sales within their jurisdiction which must be complied with in order to be able to pay their tax authorities. An internet seller, no matter the size, would be required to know and comply with each and every one of these, and pay license fees as well. This is not a terrible burden for large internet sellers, who support this legislation for obvious reasons- it creates new barriers to competition from small businesses- but effectively creates an undue burden for the little guy and reduces consumer choice.

Your analogy is poor, I think- Internet companies pay their share of their own local taxes on their profits, and those taxes provide for infrastructure and local government services.

DF96

24th April 2013 06:41 PM

OK, I stand corrected. We are always told that the US is a haven of capitalism and free enterprise, but I guess bureaucrats and tax officials are the same everywhere.

We have VAT in Europe, which is different for each country, but fortunately there is an exemption for very small businesses.

jackinnj

24th April 2013 09:47 PM

I started this on Monday in another thread -- State and Local governments in the U.S. are getting crunched because of the promissary notes they issued to employees in the manner of defined benefit pension plans. With interest rates so low, they can't invest fast enough to fund their future obligations, so they are taxing everything that moves.

There's a big sign at Newark Airport in the International Arrivals area informing people that if they bought something expensive abroad, they are required to pay "use tax" to the State of NJ -- and indeed, for the first time the State of NJ has a line item on the tax return for "use tax" -- if you fill it out incorrectly you are subject to fines and penalties as well as the possibility of criminal prosecution.

Remind me, what did we fight that war over in the late 18th C?

sonidos

24th April 2013 10:27 PM

Time to queue up George Harrison's 'Taxman'!!!

DSP_Geek

25th April 2013 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SY
(http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3466622#post3466622)

You're possibly unfamiliar with the American tax system. There are currently over 10,000 different sales tax jurisdictions, each with different regulations (which are often product specific, that is, different rates for different types of products) and each with different places where the tax must be paid. Many have restrictive licensing requirements for retail sales within their jurisdiction which must be complied with in order to be able to pay their tax authorities. An internet seller, no matter the size, would be required to know and comply with each and every one of these, and pay license fees as well. This is not a terrible burden for large internet sellers, who support this legislation for obvious reasons- it creates new barriers to competition from small businesses- but effectively creates an undue burden for the little guy and reduces consumer choice.

Your analogy is poor, I think- Internet companies pay their share of their own local taxes on their profits, and those taxes provide for infrastructure and local government services.

Actually, that's not quite right.

1)Each state wanting to collect the tax would have to provide tax software for the retailer to collect according to the purchaser's zip code, so there are 50 jurisdictions maximum instead of 10,000.

2) Businesses with less than $1 million in out-of-state sales are exempt.

In other news, delivery trucks dropping these things off still use roads and other infrastructure, which must be maintained somehow. In-state retailers pay their share, so why keep an exemption for out-of-staters?

jcx

25th April 2013 01:03 AM

Quote:

2) Businesses with less than $1 million in out-of-state sales are exempt.

just how many feet is that of Siltech?

DSP_Geek

25th April 2013 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjpfan
(http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/everything-else/234750-emergency-sneaky-new-internet-sales-tax-going-through-fast-call-your-representativ-post3466544.html#post3466544)

For those of us that buy or sell anything online and don't want to be
audited by 50 states plus, please take notice to the new internet sales tax
that is going through fast right now!! Spread the word, call your congressman, this will put all small vendors out of business most likely, don't let it happen guys!!

Ummm.... Joined today, with this as the only post, including a couple of obvious falsehoods & multiple exclamation marks -- does anyone else smell astroturf?

buzzforb

25th April 2013 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackinnj
(http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3467138#post3467138)

I started this on Monday in another thread -- State and Local governments in the U.S. are getting crunched because of the promissary notes they issued to employees in the manner of defined benefit pension plans. With interest rates so low, they can't invest fast enough to fund their future obligations, so they are taxing everything that moves.

There's a big sign at Newark Airport in the International Arrivals area informing people that if they bought something expensive abroad, they are required to pay "use tax" to the State of NJ -- and indeed, for the first time the State of NJ has a line item on the tax return for "use tax" -- if you fill it out incorrectly you are subject to fines and penalties as well as the possibility of criminal prosecution.

Remind me, what did we fight that war over in the late 18th C?

according to many modern politicians, what happened in the 18th century is irrelevant and has no bearing on present day. Dam^ fools.